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Interesting Social Studies Websites

• Got DBQs??? - A trove of information on Document Based Questions awaits you.

• Statistical Data from the Government Information about education, demographics, crime and health.

• Landmark Cases - A full range of resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each.  Lesson plans available.

• Our Documents - Primary historical documents and lesson plans to support their use in the classroom.

• Making of America - A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction; particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

• How the Other Half Lives - Link to the full text of Jacob Riis' definitive study of New York City's tenements.

• American Memory - Historical collections for the National Digital Library with links to photographs, posters, letters and more.  Lots of primary resources.

• PBS Online - Lots of information on American and World history and culture.  Also includes teacher's guides and activities.

• National Council for the Social Studies - A terrific professional education resource.

• New York Times Learning Network - Outstanding current events resource featuring a new lesson plan every day and a searchable archive.

• National Park Service - Profiles of U.S. National Parks as well as historical and cultural information.

• Walk the Great Wall - A virtual walk on the China's Great Wall.  Learn facts about the wall and zoom in and out to get a better look at views along the journey.

• What did you do in the war, Grandma? - Oral histories of women in World War II, with links to related sites.

• Presidential Libraries

• United States National Archives

Maps

 

Blank & Outline Maps - A collection of blank & outlines maps of various places in the world that may be printed out and used for educational purposes. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - A collection of 18th and 19th century cartographic materials such as atlases, globes, maps, and charts. Mapquest - Maps and driving directions, both domestic and international.

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Last modified on 10.29.2007